About this title: Santiago recounts her bi-cultural childhood: as a country girl in Puerto Rico, and as a highschool student at New York's High School of the Performing Arts where she graduated with the highest honors and went on to Harvard. A unique story told in vivid prose.
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Book is in good reading condition. Cover has wear at edges and corners, and may have creases. Spine has wear at edges. Small tear at bottom corner of spine. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780679756767ISBN:0679756760
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. G+. Pages are moderately tanned BUT cover shows light wear, spine is uncreased and no marks were found. read more
Description: Acceptable. 2006-Paperback----Used-Acceptable-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books USA
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780679756767ISBN:0679756760
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Clean, UNMARKED pages have a tiny corner crease to the first few pages. No previous owner names. Cover has tiny corner creases, along with minor scuffing and edge bumping. Uncreased, straight spine. (wham20) Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 304 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
"Negi is in Puerto Rico. She has a large family. Her four siblings and her mother and father who are always arguing.Negi's family has someone come to her house as the person who will teach her and her family how to eat American when her family wants to move to New York. I can connect this to Before We Were Free because both Negi and Anita had to move to New York City for a better life the only difference is that Anita moved as a refugee and Negi didn't. I would rate this book Four stars because It was goot but in some parts it could have been more strong."
"I enjoyed this memoir. It was honest. Esmeralda talks of her childhood, and unlike some memoirs does not portray herself to be anything but what she was. There were times she was a spoiled brat, times she embarassed herself, times she was scared. She lays it all out there. The memoir covers her childhood from I'm guessing 5 or so till age 14 or 15. I was not clear on what age she was when or what year it was at the time. That would be my only complaint. I felt as tho I was really getting to know her throughout the book, feeling her frustration at being the oldest of eleven children (must not have manufactured condoms yet), the difficulties of being poor, and her embarassment at going to the welfare office with her mother. Truly, not an easy childhood at all, especially being uprooted and moved every year or few months. Esmeralda definetly overcame all obstacles and became an amazing writer, injecting humor into truth."
"Great book if you've lived in Puerto Rico as a young kid or if you have Puerto Rican/NewYorican family and are interested in exploring your roots. it's a very light book of a 13 year old girls life. it does not go in depth about Puerto Rican cultures and customs, which I wish it would have done. I wouldn't recommend it to just anyone. You have to be able to relate to the book to truly understand and enjoy it. I personally loved it because it took me back to my own childhood in PR. I grew up in Ciales and it reminded me of so many wonderful things about living on the island. I was born in NY, so I'm also a nuyorican."
"I thought that this book was overall a two because the author created a very slight glipse into her life. At many times it was incomplete and hard to understand. I thought that the authors use of spanish words through out the book was interesting but overall annoying because i would have to go to the back of the book to translate what was just said. I did like the ending how Negi became successful and is on her way to Harvard. However it does not compensate for the lack of plot in the rest the book."
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